Bluemarine Josephine
Well-Known Member
Hello Everyone,
I hope that you are all doing very well.
I need your suggestions on the following matters which are related to exercise/activity (I know that there is a different forum for this subject but, I thought I’d begin from here).
I have a series of questions.
Lately, I have started to feel slightly more confident regarding exercise so, I started taking up some mild yoga and stretching sessions. Although these type of exercises do not include lifting weights, I wonder if they classify as resistance exercises because, I have noticed that after about 45 minutes of exercise my blood sugar has a rise (not a massive one but, can go from 8.0 mmols to 11.0 mmols..) However, I do see a drop of my blood sugar later on (some 5-8 hours later but, please keep in mind that I have this delayed onset exercise effect.)
Do yoga/stretching/pilates classify as resistance exercises and can they possibly raise blood sugar (for a brief period)?
Secondly, (regarding aerobic exercise)I am wondering about the following: I have read in our forum, posts from other diabetics who estimate that a relatively strenuous activity, like swimming, can create a drop of around 4 mmols (so, for argument’s sake, if someone starts swimming at a bg of 10 mmols, after his/her swimming session their bg will be at 6 mmols.)
What confuses me is this: If I go for a mild walk (like grocery shopping) for 30-45 minutes while my Novorapid is peaking (in between 1.5 – 2.5 hrs after injecting) from a bg of , say, 10 mmols prior the activity, I will easily reach 5 mmols… and the activity is a small relaxed walk.
If I do this during the period that my Novorapid is not in its peak, the drop is of course milder.
And, I wonder… how can someone engage into more strenuous exercise, like swimming, and have only a 4 mmols drop…
Additionally, I wonder, if we all go for the same 45 minutes walk, on the same non-strenuous pace, starting with a bg of 10 mmols, will we all get the same drop? (provided that our basal insulin is well balanced and we haven’t over-estimated our Novorapid). Or, does exercise have a different effect on each one of us so, the amount of exercise which accounts for 4 mmols drop to one of us might translate to 6-7 mmols drop for someone else?
Thank you in advance for your replies.
I wish you all a day filled with marvellous, on point, blood sugar readings!!
Regards and wishes for a pleasant weekend ahead!
Josephine.
I hope that you are all doing very well.
I need your suggestions on the following matters which are related to exercise/activity (I know that there is a different forum for this subject but, I thought I’d begin from here).
I have a series of questions.
Lately, I have started to feel slightly more confident regarding exercise so, I started taking up some mild yoga and stretching sessions. Although these type of exercises do not include lifting weights, I wonder if they classify as resistance exercises because, I have noticed that after about 45 minutes of exercise my blood sugar has a rise (not a massive one but, can go from 8.0 mmols to 11.0 mmols..) However, I do see a drop of my blood sugar later on (some 5-8 hours later but, please keep in mind that I have this delayed onset exercise effect.)
Do yoga/stretching/pilates classify as resistance exercises and can they possibly raise blood sugar (for a brief period)?
Secondly, (regarding aerobic exercise)I am wondering about the following: I have read in our forum, posts from other diabetics who estimate that a relatively strenuous activity, like swimming, can create a drop of around 4 mmols (so, for argument’s sake, if someone starts swimming at a bg of 10 mmols, after his/her swimming session their bg will be at 6 mmols.)
What confuses me is this: If I go for a mild walk (like grocery shopping) for 30-45 minutes while my Novorapid is peaking (in between 1.5 – 2.5 hrs after injecting) from a bg of , say, 10 mmols prior the activity, I will easily reach 5 mmols… and the activity is a small relaxed walk.
If I do this during the period that my Novorapid is not in its peak, the drop is of course milder.
And, I wonder… how can someone engage into more strenuous exercise, like swimming, and have only a 4 mmols drop…
Additionally, I wonder, if we all go for the same 45 minutes walk, on the same non-strenuous pace, starting with a bg of 10 mmols, will we all get the same drop? (provided that our basal insulin is well balanced and we haven’t over-estimated our Novorapid). Or, does exercise have a different effect on each one of us so, the amount of exercise which accounts for 4 mmols drop to one of us might translate to 6-7 mmols drop for someone else?
Thank you in advance for your replies.
I wish you all a day filled with marvellous, on point, blood sugar readings!!
Regards and wishes for a pleasant weekend ahead!
Josephine.